Garden House Approximately 50 Metres East North East of Number 16 (St Giles' House) is a Grade II* listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1989. Garden house.

Garden House Approximately 50 Metres East North East of Number 16 (St Giles' House)

WRENN ID
slow-lead-alder
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 July 1989
Type
Garden house
OS grid reference
SP 512 068
Coordinates
51.75788, -1.2588
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Garden House, located approximately 50 meters east-north-east of Number 16 (St Giles' House), was built around 1740. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features a lead-covered dome. The building has a rectangular plan and is supported by four composite columns, with the two center columns projecting. These columns hold up an entablature and a central pediment. The sides of the building are also open, while the back has panelled walling. Notably, the small dome on top is a one-to-one model of James Gibbs' first design for the Radcliffe Camera dome, likely created around 1737. The interior of the dome showcases fine ribs and coffering.

Local climate

Garden House Approximately 50 Metres East North East of Number 16 (St Giles' House) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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